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When I was watching the video's of Bayless over at oregonlive, it looked to me like he had shed some bulk. Am I seeing things? He looked great, hopefully he is trying to improve his quickness.
 
Yeah he looks a lot lighter! Looks like an NBA player. Looks real good.
 
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looks pretty much the same to me.
 
Haha yes. The one thing Bayless was truly lacking last year was quickness.


I did notice from the video that he seemed to lose a bit of the hitch on his shot.
 
I didn't say he wasn't quick before. You can always use more quickness in the NBA.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Haha yes. The one thing Bayless was truly lacking last year was quickness.


I did notice from the video that he seemed to lose a bit of the hitch on his shot.
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Well you would hope that after 365 days multiplied by a million shots a day and working out in the gym 25 hours a pop you'd see some marginal improvement. :devilwink:
 
Ah, Bayless. That guy's tenacity...gotta love it. If guys like Sheed, Bonzi, Rider, Kenny Anderson......ahh, fuck....if those guys had even half of the drive and work ethic J-Bay has....they could have been special. Sheed, especially. Hell, a tenth of J-Bay's drive, and Sheed is a Top-25 player, all-time. Too bad he didn't give a shit. He was out for his, and then it was, "Fuck the man."

As far as Jerryd, he looks the same to me, if not possibly even slightly bulkier.
 
He's a badass. I hope we keep him, because if we let him go I see another Gilbert Arenas type of player emerging. The dude was being considered as the Number 2 pick by Miami...and people thought he wouldn't last past 4. We have a steal. The dude played one year of college and out of position at that. He'll develop into the PG of the future, and along with Batum we have our future starting 5. In the short term (next two years) I wouldn't mind having a good PG to start in front of him, but I'll be fine with him as the primary backup. If we can get Andre Miller for significantly cheaper than Heinrich we have to do it...although I'd be frustrated if we only added Kirk, like many here. We should be able to add him and a backup PF like a Brandon Bass.
 
I like Jerryd's potential (I really do), but I'm kind of tired of hearing and talking about what he's going to be someday (or might be), I just want to see if he can actually run a team of 2nd round draft picks and make players around him better this next week in Vegas before annointing him to do anything.
 
He has the physical tools and clearly the right work ethic to succeed. In my mind, the work ethic can overcome a lot of deficiencies in ability. He has both. He'll be good. I'm not saying we keep him at all costs, but I think if we trade him, we might regret it unless we get a real star. Good size for the position...quick enough to guard other PGs...He'll do well opposite Brandon Roy. I think we can all agree.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Haha yes. The one thing Bayless was truly lacking last year was quickness.


I did notice from the video that he seemed to lose a bit of the hitch on his shot.
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I looked at oregonlive for the video you were talking about but couldn't find it so I searched youtube and I guess this is it:

[video=youtube;x4KA70wSHH4]

"GODAMNIT!!"

and while we're at it... here's one of Webster uploaded 3 weeks ago:

[video=youtube;w9hJa2EtANw]
 
Nikolokolus said:
I like Jerryd's potential (I really do), but I'm kind of tired of hearing and talking about what he's going to be someday (or might be), I just want to see if he can actually run a team of 2nd round draft picks and make players around him better this next week in Vegas before annointing him to do anything.
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Yeah, exactly. Most of us love Bayless, but I just want to see it next season. I'm not too worried about Summer League.. the guy has proven he can beat up scrubs with last year's MVP award. He just needs to prove that he can that guy that will be our future next to B-Roy, and be that perfect guard to complement the rest of the team.

And please... make some jumpers Jerryd!
 
Miksaid said:
and while we're at it... here's one of Webster uploaded 3 weeks ago:

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Sigh. Same old Webster. Still looks inconsistent.

But hey, he's got a great upside!!!!

(sarcasm off)
 
Shooter said:
Sigh. Same old Webster. Still looks inconsistent.

But hey, he's got a great upside!!!!

(sarcasm off)
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Haha.

I once saw Jerome Kersey make 12 3's in a row during pregame warmups. Seeing Martell clank and swish is so typical of his NBA career to this point
 
Mediocre Man said:
Haha.

I once saw Jerome Kersey make 12 3's in a row during pregame warmups. Seeing Martell clank and swish is so typical of his NBA career to this point
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Exactly. And Kersey wasn't even known as an outside shooter!!
 
Re: the Martell video. Stupid Idiot missed 8 out of 18 shots from the Top to near top of the Arc.. What a JERK!
 
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Nikolokolus said:
I like Jerryd's potential (I really do), but I'm kind of tired of hearing and talking about what he's going to be someday (or might be), I just want to see if he can actually run a team of 2nd round draft picks and make players around him better this next week in Vegas before annointing him to do anything.
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The problem is that you (and I) are on the message boards too much. Really, you shouldn't get tired of hearing about his potential until the middle of his third year - not after his rookie year.... especially when he wasn't given enough consistent minutes. He'll have that opportunity this year, and I suspect he'll be fine.
 
BrianWheeler said:
Re: the Martell video. Stupid Idiot missed 8 out of 18 shots from the Top to near top of the Arc.. What a JERK!
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Yeah, and he REALLY missed them, too. Some of those bad boys barely reached the rim.
 
Shooter said:
Sigh. Same old Webster. Still looks inconsistent.

But hey, he's got a great upside!!!!

(sarcasm off)
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I was kind of depressed watching that video. A guy billed as a lights-out shooter has a youtube video of him taking 20 or so unguarded shots from the same spot at the top of the key....and misses about half of them. I realize he was practicing different dribble maneuvers and jukes, but still. You tell Rudy to do that and I bet he makes 80% of them.

:(
 
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I have maintained very high hopes for Martell. However, I was pretty disappointed in what I saw in that video, and it had nothing to do with how many he missed and made.

He's got to get his shot off quicker. With his form, he looks like he's begging to get blocked. Can't he catch and shoot? Really? I mean, without bringing the ball down to his knees and taking a step forward on every single shot? Even I can catch the ball in shooting position and go up with the shot -- and of course, I'm money. :ghoti:
 
Why are you guys doing a critique of Martell when all he was doing was probably fargin around having some fun. He hasn't been cleared for full basketball yet to my knowledge, so he was probably just trying to keep in contact with basketball by doing some light shooting.
 
hasoos said:
Why are you guys doing a critique of Martell when all he was doing was probably fargin around having some fun. He hasn't been cleared for full basketball yet to my knowledge, so he was probably just trying to keep in contact with basketball by doing some light shooting.
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KILL HIM!!!
 
lol Wheeler loves Webster!

But yeah, that video of him is pretty lame.
 
No I HATE him! He only hit 55% of the shots he took that whole video!!!
 
Nikolokolus said:
I like Jerryd's potential (I really do), but I'm kind of tired of hearing and talking about what he's going to be someday (or might be), I just want to see if he can actually run a team of 2nd round draft picks and make players around him better this next week in Vegas before annointing him to do anything.
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I will be with you if 2 years from now the same things are being said. I think it is a bit early to get tired of talking about Bayless's potential.
 
LittleAlex said:
I will be with you if 2 years from now the same things are being said. I think it is a bit early to get tired of talking about Bayless's potential.
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It was funny that he is still the youngest guy on the summer league team. I hope he really gets the decision-making part down because he certainly has the motivation.
 
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